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STACEY: THIS INTERSECTION, MEYER
BOULEVARD AND TROOST, IS USUALLY
VERY PACKED AT RUSH HOUR.
THE CONGESTION WAS NOT TRAFFIC,
IT WAS PROTESTERS, MOUNTED
POLICE SHERIFF DEPUTIES, EVEN
, SOME STATE TROOPERS.
THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE MARCH --
>> WE REALLY DO BELIEVE IN
WORKERS GETTING BETTER PAY.
STACEY: THE REASON FOR THE
PROTEST.
>> IT'S A JUSTICE ISSUE FOR ME.
STACEY: OUTSIDE THIS KANSAS CITY
MCDONALD'S --
>> IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN WITH
THIS ELECTION.
BUT I THINK THIS ELECTION IS
GOING TO ADD ENERGY TO IT.
STACEY: IS PART OF A GROWING
NATIONAL MOVEMENT --
>> THIS IS THE FOURTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIGHT FOR 15
MOVEMENT.
STACEY: TO RAISE THE MINIMUM
WAGE.
>> PEOPLE WHO WORK 40 HOURS A
WEEK, 50 HOURS A WEEK GOT TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING.
STACEY: WITH SOME STANDING AND
OTHER SITTINGS TO STOP TRAFFIC.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT HERE
THAT ARE WILLING TO GO TO JAIL.
STACEY: POLICE DID THEIR JOB.
ENFORCING THE LAW, BUT KEEPING
THE PEACE.
>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE
TONIGHT.
STACEY: GIVING PROTESTORS THEIR
CHANCE TO SPEAK.
>> IF YOU PUT IN A HARD DAY'S
WORK, YOU SHOULD GET A WAGE YOU
CAN LIVE OFF OF AND SUPPORT YOUR
FAMILY ON, PERIOD.
STACEY: SITTING HERE AND
STANDING IN PROTEST ON THE
SIDEWALK, IT WAS PROTESTING FAST
FOOD WORKERS AS WELL AS SOME